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    The claim that divine existence is either impossible or n... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The prime task for the philosophical theist is to demonstrate that God is not impossible.

    The claim that divine existence is either impossible or necessary relies on a prior conceptual stipulation that God is a necessarily existent being, which is itself substantively contested.

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    Key Terms

    Conceptual stipulation(what the equivalence principle is claimed to be instead)
    When you define or set up a new idea for the sake of argument, rather than basing it on things you've already experienced.
    Divine existence(the main topic being discussed)
    Whether God exists or not—a central question in philosophy of religion that people have debated for centuries.
    Modal logic(logic)
    A system of logic that deals with concepts like possibility, necessity, and what could or must be true.
    Necessarily existent(One of the two intellectual divisions of existing things)
    A thing that, considered in itself, must exist.
    Substantively contested(describing the nature of the philosophical disagreement)

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